The BEST show to come on TV in a long time.
The plot centers around Walter White, a chemistry teacher with nothing going right. He doesn't get paid enough, his son has cerebral palsy, his wife is pregnant, and to top it all off, he has lung cancer. So the only logical way to raise money is to use his skills in chemistry to cook up some really "good" meth and sell it with the help of his former student-turned-pusher. It also doesn't help that his brother in law is in the DEA. Bryan Cranston, known as the wacky father and only saving grace of that disgraceful malcolm in the middle show, plays Walter to perfection.
If you haven't seen this show...WATCH IT!

Sometimes, life forces you to cross the line. You're going about your normal everyday routine, when suddenly something truly awful happens and all that pent-up rage you feel about your job, your marriage, your very existence, is released with unstoppable fury. Some call it "reaching the breaking point"; others call it "breaking bad."

A colloquialism popular in the American Southwest referring to when someone has taken a turn off the path of the straight and narrow, when they've deviated from what's right.

Walter White was a wholesome strait-laced family man and working class high school chemistryteacher; but when he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer he began breaking bad, turning to a life of crime, manufacturing and selling methamphetamine.

When high school chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Craston) of Albequerque, NM is diagnosed with lung cancer, he resorts to cooking methamphetamine with a former junkie student to provide for chemotherapy, his 7-month pregnant wife and his son who suffers from cerebral paulsy.
A.K.A. The greatest show on Netflix
A.K.A. The greatest show on earth

Guy 1: hey, you seen Breaking Bad
Guy 2: saw like the first episode but it looks prettystupid(Guy 1 proceeds to violently strangle Guy 2)

a great show on amc staring bryan cranston. about an ex chemist that makes meth and also has cancer. the show is a twisting drama with almost 60 episodes and a wide fan base. it has had 13 emmy nominations and has won emmys and other awards

wow jessie almost killed walter this week becouse of poison. in that episode of breaking bad.